Inflation
Inflation
Inflation
I’m ASHIM P.
1960 2021
INFLATION
Overview
1. Introduction to 2. Why inflation
inflation. occur?
INFLATION
$100
In 2021
$1
In 1960
Inflation is the rate of
increase in prices over a given
period of time.
Why does this inflation occurs?
Why does this inflation occurs?
Rate = ?
In 1960
In 2021
Price index
1.Producer price index (PPI)
2.Wholesale price index (WPI)
3.Consumer price index (CPI)
Producer price index (PPI)
Inflation =
Inflation =
Rate of inflation
Inflation =
GDP Deflator
GDP deflator=
1. Calculate rate of inflation
Rate of inflation =
GDP deflator for 2011-12 = 275.6
GDP Deflator for 2012-13 = 300.7 = 300.7 – 275.6
Wholesale PIN =
Rate of Inflation =
Year Nominal GNP Real GNP GNP Deflator (%)
2006 6,537.7 ? 101.05
2007 7,024.2 ? 103.04
GNP Deflator =
2008 7,766.1 ? 105.03
2009 8,465.3 ? 108.02
2010 9,267.0 ? 110.01 Rate of inflation =
GDP Deflator
GDP deflator=
GDP VS CPI
Usually, these two statistics tell a similar story. Yet this
differences can cause them to diverge.
Mercedes-Benz raises the price of its cars. Because Mercedes are made in German, the
car is not part of Nepal GDP. But Nepali consumers buy Mercedes, so the car is part of the
typical consumer’s basket of goods. Hence, a price increase in an imported consumption good,
such as a Mercedes, shows up in the consumer price index but not in the GDP deflator.
suppose that the price of an Tea produced by Nepal and sold to the German or any other
country rises. Even though the tea is part of GDP, it is not part of the basket of goods and
services bought by a typical consumer. Thus, the price increase shows up in the GDP deflator
but
not in the consumer price index.
GDP VS CPI
Year P(x) Q(x) P(y) Q(y)
2010 5 500 10 250
2011 10 1,000 20 500
2012 15 1,500 30 750
2013 20 2,000 40 1,000
Calculate Nominal GDP, Real GDP, GDP Deflator and rate of inflation during
2010-2013
Rate of inflation =